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A new report says the Virginia Tech officials could have saved lives if they had quickly warned students that a killer was on the loose, instead it took administrators more than two hours to send a warning e-mail.
The blaze that killed two firefighters in Boston had burned for an hour before anyone noticed it. The initial investigation indicates an air-conditioning unit crashed through the ceiling and sent air rushing in ,creating a ball of fire.
A Florida judge says Lisa Nowak can remove the monitoring bracelet from her ankle. The former astronaut stands accused of attacking a romantic rival at the Orlando Airport.
And George Strait and Brad Paisley lead this year's CMA nominations with five apiece. Bluegrass star Alison Krauss received four nominations including female vocalist of the year.
2. bracelet : noun. 手镯, 腕带 a band or chain that you wear around your wrist or arm as a decoration
3. apiece: adv. [only after number or noun] costing or having a particular amount each eg. The pictures are worth about $10,000 apiece.
4. vocalist: noun. 歌手 someone who sings popular songs, especially with a band
5. CMA: （extracted from website. See more information at http://www.wiki.cn/wiki/Country_Music_Association） The Country Music Association (CMA) was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre. The objectives of the organization are to guide and enhance the development of Country Music throughout the world; to demonstrate it as a viable medium to advertisers, consumers and media; and to provide a unity of purpose for the Country Music industry.
Initially, CMA's Board of Directors included nine directors and five officers. Wesley Rose, president of Acuff-Rose Publishing, Inc., served as CMA's first chairman of the board. Broadcasting entrepreneur and executive Connie B. Gay was the founding president.
Originally there were nine individual membership categories. The current 15 categories represent all facets of the music industry. Organizational memberships are also available. CMA membership is composed of those persons or organizations that are involved in Country Music, directly and substantially.
The first CMA Awards ceremony was held in 1967 in Nashville. Sonny James and Bobbie Gentry hosted the event, which was not televised. The winner of the first "Entertainer of the Year" award was singer Eddy Arnold. "Male Vocalist of the Year" went to Jack Greene and "Female Vocalist of the Year" to Loretta Lynn.
In 1968, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans hosted the awards, which were presented at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. (The ceremony was filmed and televised on NBC a few weeks later.) The first live telecast of the show was in 1969.
Annual awards are given in the following twelve categories: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Horizon Award (similar to the "rookie of the year" award in sports), Vocal Group, Vocal Duo, Single, Album, Song, Music Event, Music Video, and Musician.
The CMA also gives "station of the year" awards to four country-formatted radio stations per year, based on market size (small, medium, large, and major). A single station cannot win the award in consecutive years.
CMA Awards-乡村音乐协会大奖 被称为世界乡村音乐专业范畴内最重要的奖项。CMA Awards所设有的12项大奖，由乡村音乐协会分布在全球的6千名会员，分三次投票决出。而最终的颁奖盛会呢，往往被安排在每年11月的上旬。同时，在每年深秋，音乐城Nashville也是人们回顾音乐的最佳时刻。‘乡村音乐名人堂’Country Music Hall of Fame,每年在这个时节，会同时举行接纳新成员的仪式。同星光璀璨的乡村音乐协会颁奖典礼相对应，‘名人堂’的仪式则为音乐城添加了些深邃的笔触，恰倒好处的显现出音乐城的成熟风韵。 The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards and not to be confused with the ACM Awards, are voted on by business members of the Country Music Association. The first CMA awards were presented at an untelevised ceremony in Nashville's Municipal Auditorium in 1967. (The Entertainer of the Year award that night went to Eddy Arnold.) The second annual CMA awards were presented in October of 1968; NBC broadcast the presentation a few weeks later). Beginning in 1969, the awards were televised live, usually during October or November of each year. They continued to be broadcast on NBC until switching to CBS in 1972, where they remained until 2005. Starting in November 2006, the 40th Annual CMA Awards will be televised on ABC.
Annual awards are given in the following twelve categories: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Horizon Award, Vocal Group, Vocal Duo, Single, Album, Song, Music Event, Music Video, and Musician.
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